City make six changes for FA Cup clash

City make six changes for FA Cup clash
City make six changes for FA Cup clash

City have made six changes from our last Premier League game before the international break for our FA Cup sixth round clash with Bournemouth.

Ederson, Matheus Nunes, Mateo Kovacic, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden all come in for the sixth round tie at the Vitality Stadium, which kicks off at 16:30 (UK).

Stefan Ortega Moreno, Rico Lewis, Nico, Omar Marmoush and Jeremy Doku all move to the bench after starting our 2-2 with Brighton.

Savinho, who played for Brazil during the international break, is not in the squad for the game on the south coast.

TEAMS

BOURNEMOUTH XI: Kepa, Cook (c), Zabarnyi, Senesi, Soler, Adams, Christie, Kluivert, Semenyo, Brooks, Evanilson

Subs: Dennis, Scott, O. Dango, Smith, Jebbison, Hill, Silcott-Duberry, Akinmboni, Winterburn

CITY XI: Ederson, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, Gundogan, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Ortega Moreno, Marmoush, Grealish, Doku, Nico, Reis, O'Reilly, Lewis, McAtee

HOW WE LINE-UP

Injuries have hit Pep Guardiola's options in defence and it's likely that Nunes will be at right-back with Abdukodir Khusanov and Ruben Dias in the centre beside Josko Gvardiol. 

Kovacic will operate in the centre of midfield with Ilkay Gundogan and skipper De Bruyne in the centre of the pitch too. 

Bernardo and Foden could take the wing spots but Guardiola as options to rotate his players into various positions. 

Two certainties at least are that Ederson will be in goal and Erling Haaland leads the City attack. 

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DOUBLE TROUBLE

The returns of De Bruyne and Foden have every reason to have the home fans worried. 

Not only are they two of the best midfielders in the Premier League, but statistically, today is a good one for them. 

De Bruyne has been involved in 13 goals in his last 10 appearances in the FA Cup - three goals and 10 assists) - both scoring and assisting in our 3-1 win against Plymouth in the fifth round.

Meanwhile, Foden has the most goals of any current City player against the Cherries with five in total, only behind Raheem Sterling's nine. 

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